2003 Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE)

SVC Office of Institutional Research

Dr. Maureen Pettitt, Director

Ms. Leslie Croot, Analyst

Presentation Topics CCSSE

– Overview of Survey– 2003 Administration

Findings– Demographics – Student Engagement/Effort – Student Satisfaction

Findings Related to General Education– from 2 – 3 p.m. today in this room

CCSSE Overview Emphasis on student engagement and

student learning (e.g., Astin, Tinto, Pace) Adapted from the National Survey of

Student Engagement (NSSE) Funding from Lumina Foundation for

Education and Pew Charitable Trusts Administered by Community College

Leadership Program at UTA Pilot test in 2001; field test in 2002

2003 CCSSE: National & Regional Surveys National

– 93 community colleges– 65,300 usable surveys

Northwest Consortium– Six WA community colleges & one in BC– 3,480 usable surveys– SBCTC paid UTA for the inclusion/analysis

of 19 additional questions, items agreed to by all six consortium colleges and SBCTC

2003 CCSSE: SVC Surveys Sample selected from spring class info sent

to UTA (dept, enrolled, campus, days/time) – ABE and ESL courses not included

Survey administration arranged with faculty during May 2003

Script read to students; approximately 50 minutes allowed for survey completion

Comparability between CCSSE and CCSEQ on many items

A special A special THANKSTHANKSto the faculty who to the faculty who let us “borrow” their let us “borrow” their class time…class time…and the students!and the students!

2003 CCSSE: SVC Surveys

Surveyed 850 students in 60 classes at MV and WI campuses, plus small sample from So Whidbey Ctr & San Juan Ctr

Piloted a distance education version, but poor response rate; not included in analysis

765 useable surveys included in the analysis, from students in on-ground courses

Demographics

General Gender Ethnicity First Generation Primary Reason

for Attending Weekly

Activities

General Characteristics Most of the students surveyed were:

– Attending full-time (81%)– Taking on-ground courses primarily (96%)– Taking courses during the day (87%)

Slightly over half were 22 years of age or younger

Three-quarters started their college career at SVC

Most (72%) intended to re-enroll at the college in Summer or Fall 2003

Gender

64.6%

52.6%

35.3%

47.4%

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SVC

CCSSE

Male

Female

Over-sampled male students by 8%

Ethnicity

Over-sampled Caucasian students by 4.5 %

83.3%

87.7%

16.7%

12.3%

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SVC

CCSSEOf Color

White

First Generation

Definition: student has no college experience, and neither parent has earned a degree beyond a high school diploma– National = 32%– Northwest Consortium = 25%– SVC = 27%

Reason for Attending (%)

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CertificateAssoc Degree4 Yr TransferObtain Job SkillsUpgrade Job SkillsSelf Improvement

Weekly Activities

Preparing for class

Working for pay off campus

Providing care for dependents

0 hrs 11-20 hrs 30 + hrs

SVC 1.63 NWC 1.48

SVC 2.44 NWC 2.28

SVC 2.17 NWC 2.60

Student Engagement/Effort

Most Frequent Activities

Least Frequent Activities

Student-Faculty Interaction

Academic Effort

Activities: Most Frequent* Worked on a paper or project that required

integrating ideas or information from various sources – 31.1%

Prepared two or more drafts of a paper before turning it in – 29.5%

Asked questions in class or contributed to class discussions – 27.1%

Used an electronic medium (list-serv, chat group, Internet, etc.) to discuss or complete an assignment – 24.0%

* 20% or more reported doing this “Very Often”

Activities: Most Frequent* Discussed ideas from your readings or

classes with others outside of class (students, family members, co-workers, etc.) – 23.5%

Worked with other students on projects during class – 22.7%

Had serious conversations with students who differ from you in terms of their religious beliefs, political opinions, or personal values – 20.5%

* 20% or more reported doing this “Very Often”

Activities: Least Frequent*

Participated in a community-based project as part of a regular course – 67.5%

Worked with instructors on activities other than coursework – 62.0%

Tutored or taught other students (paid or voluntary) – 59.4%

Discussed ideas from your readings or classes with instructors outside of class – 35.5%

* 20% or more reported they had “Never” done this

Activities: Least Frequent*

Used an electronic medium (list-serv, chat group, Internet, etc.) to discuss or complete an assignment – 23.3%

Come to class without completing readings or assignments – 22.3%

Talked about career plans with an instructor or advisor – 20.9%

Used e-mail to communicate with an instructor – 20.4%

* 20% or more reported they had “Never” done this

Student-Faculty Interaction

In your experience at this college during the current school year, about how often have you done each of the following: Used email to communicate with an instructor?

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never sometimes often very often

SVC NWC ALL

Student-Faculty Interaction In your experience at this college during the current school year, about how often have you done each of the following: Discussed grades or assignments with an instructor?

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never sometimes often very often

SVC NWC ALL

Student-Faculty InteractionIn your experience at this college during the current school year, about how often have you done each of the following: Talked about career plans with a faculty member or advisor?

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10%

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never sometimes often very often

SVC NWC ALL

Student-Faculty InteractionIn your experience at this college during the current school year, about how often have you done each of the following: Discussed ideas from your readings or classes withfaculty members outside of class?

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never sometimes often very often

SVC NWC ALL

Student-Faculty InteractionIn your experience at this college during the current school year, about how often have you done each of the following: Worked with instructors on activities other than coursework?

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never sometimes often very often

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Academic Effort

In your experience at this college, about how often have you worked harder than you thought you could to meet an instructor’s standards or expectations?

7%

42%37%

14%

Never

Sometimes

Often

Very often

Academic Effort

How much does this college encourage you to spend significant amounts of time studying?

2.4%18.3%

43.8%

35.5% Very little

Some

Quite a bit

Very much

Academic Effort

About how many hours do you spend each week preparing for class (studying, reading, writing, rehearsing, doing homework, or other activities related to your program)?

25.6%

29.0%

24.9%

11.9%7.7% 0.9%

None

1-5 hrs

6-10 hrs

11-20 hrs

21-30 hrs

30+ hrs

Student Satisfaction Availability of Classes* Quality of Instruction* Meeting Educational Objectives* Campus Climate* Campus Safety* Student Services Recommend to Friend or Family Member Rate Entire Educational Experience

* Northwest Consortium Additional Questions

“How satisfied are you with the availability of classes you need to meet your educational goal?”

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“How satisfied are you with the quality of instruction at your college?”

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Very Sat MostlySat

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“To what extent are you meeting your educational objectives?”

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Notmeeting

Too earlyto tell

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“To what extent is your college a comfortable environment for all students; that is, an environment free of harassment of any kind (racial, sexual, or other harassment)?”

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“As a student at this college, how safe do you feel on campus?”

Percent responding “Very Safe”

0% 100%

199655%

1999 60%

2003 72%

Satisfaction with Student Services

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AcAdvising

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Satisfaction with Student Services

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Admissions Registration

Very Satisfed

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Overall Satisfaction Items “Would you recommend this college to a

friend or family member?”– National 95% said “Yes” they would– NW Consortium 92% – SVC 94%

“How would you evaluate your entire educational experience at this college?”– National 86% rated their experience

“Excellent” or “Good”– NW 83% – SVC 84%

This is just the tip of the iceberg! This data gives us

some insight into student perceptions and behaviors…

How can we use this to improve programs and/or services?

What other data would help you with that effort?

Thanks for your attention …